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Johnny
Callison		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 175
 
Born: March 12, 1939 in Usa, OK, QUALLS
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1968   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1958 19 DET AL     5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 7 7
1959 20 DET AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 7 7
1960 21 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 5 5 6 7 7
1961 22 CIN NL     6 6 5 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 6 5 6 7 7
1962 23 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 6 6 6 7 7
1963 24 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 6 6 6 7 7
1964 25 COL NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1965 26 NYA AL $ 1,740,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1966 27 NYA AL $ 1,740,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1967 28 NYA AL $ 1,740,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1968 29 NYA AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1969 30 NYA AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1970 31 NYA AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1971 32 NYA AL $ 5,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1972 33 NYA AL $ 3,380,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 6 6
1973 34 NYA AL $ 3,380,000   5 5 5 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 3 3 5 5 5
1974 35 COL NL     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 6 6 6 5 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8 6 6 6 6 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1958 19 AAA   137 525 69 138 25 3 35 80 9 9 60 89 .263 .338 .522 .860 91.0  
1959 20 DET AL 26 52 7 14 2 1 2 9 0 0 7 15 .269 .356 .462 .817 8.4 1.7
    AAA   135 518 83 147 26 3 33 82 10 8 70 93 .284 .369 .537 .906 99.3  
1960 21 AAA   127 473 76 135 28 3 30 94 9 6 60 104 .285 .366 .548 .913 91.1  
1961 22 AAA   133 505 91 137 23 10 36 100 15 7 58 75 .271 .346 .570 .917 97.7  
1962 23 COL NL 126 426 65 105 22 3 14 59 6 1 54 68 .246 .333 .411 .744 57.7 12.2
1963 24 COL NL 145 460 51 121 27 6 14 74 8 8 32 70 .263 .313 .439 .752 59.5 11.3
1964 25 COL NL 121 225 45 70 9 3 11 45 7 1 20 43 .311 .366 .524 .890 40.4 10.0
1965 26 COL NL 85 132 19 36 4 1 2 9 4 2 20 12 .273 .373 .364 .736 18.4 3.7
  NYA AL 46 151 16 35 6 0 3 11 4 2 14 30 .232 .299 .331 .631 15.1 1.9
  TOT   131 283 35 71 10 1 5 20 8 4 34 42 .251 .334 .346 .681 33.5 5.6
1966 27 NYA AL 126 289 32 63 16 2 7 32 5 6 26 52 .218 .286 .360 .646 26.5 2.0
1967 28 NYA AL 126 216 51 73 17 3 12 50 3 3 19 35 .338 .395 .611 1.006 47.6 12.3
1968 29 TAM AL 79 284 38 83 24 3 14 48 5 8 33 55 .292 .371 .546 .916 49.7 12.7
  NYA AL 72 168 27 37 7 1 4 20 3 5 13 29 .220 .279 .345 .624 13.6 0.4
  TOT   151 452 65 120 31 4 18 68 8 13 46 84 .265 .337 .471 .809 63.3 13.1
1969 30 NYA AL 153 530 73 127 33 7 21 82 11 5 54 104 .240 .310 .447 .757 72.5 12.4
1970 31 NYA AL 158 537 56 116 25 6 17 64 11 5 59 114 .216 .297 .380 .677 61.9 8.9
1971 32 NYA AL 154 552 73 141 27 8 20 68 8 10 51 109 .255 .321 .442 .763 75.0 15.7
1972 33 NYA AL 157 576 87 138 28 1 15 72 12 7 57 101 .240 .310 .370 .680 63.5 8.3
1973 34 NYA AL 64 78 21 18 7 1 1 8 5 1 8 11 .231 .307 .385 .691 10.6 1.9
1974 35 AAA   135 536 76 133 34 3 26 109 6 4 43 107 .248 .304 .468 .772 75.8  
13 Years Sim 1638 4676 661 1177 254 46 157 651 92 64 467 848 .252 .322 .426 .748 620.4 115.4
5 Years AAA 667 2557 395 690 136 22 160 465 49 34 291 468 .270 .344 .528 .872 454.8  
162 Game Average 462 65 116 25 4 15 64 9 6 46 83 .252 .322 .426 .748 61.4  
Career Highs 158 576 87 141 33 8 21 82 12 13 59 114 .338 .395 .611 1.006 75.0  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3284 467 843 174 34 108 476 65 46 347 538 .257 .330 .429 .759 460.3
vs LH   1392 194 334 80 12 49 175 27 18 120 310 .240 .303 .420 .723 175.5
Home 815 2273 319 579 130 24 76 307 42 29 241 405 .255 .328 .433 .762 320.1
Away 823 2403 342 598 124 22 81 344 50 35 226 443 .249 .316 .420 .736 315.7
RISP   1146 0 301 63 9 43 459 0 0 150 197 .263 .343 .446 .789 179.5
Pinch Hitting   355 59 103 13 4 14 78 3 5 36 47 .290 .349 .468 .817 56.7
Close/Late   641 119 175 35 5 18 83 0 0 64 89 .273 .343 .427 .770 91.8
Mar/Apr 273 789 112 187 45 2 25 109 16 11 89 152 .237 .316 .394 .710 99.8
May 295 878 127 222 47 9 35 121 22 7 89 179 .253 .324 .446 .771 128.1
June 279 815 124 188 41 10 26 101 19 15 83 152 .231 .303 .401 .704 99.5
July 244 658 92 174 30 7 21 91 11 9 65 92 .264 .334 .427 .761 91.9
August 273 784 106 209 40 9 25 105 18 14 64 153 .267 .326 .436 .762 107.0
Sep/Oct 274 752 100 197 51 9 25 124 6 8 77 120 .262 .332 .453 .786 109.5
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1959 20 DET AL RF 12 10 81.0 17 0 0 0 1.000 1.89   0.1
    LF 2 2 12.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.75    
    1B 1 1 6.0 6 0 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.0
1962 23 COL NL LF 89 84 756.7 156 0 0 0 1.000 1.86   1.6
    RF 35 27 246.3 55 0 2 0 .965 2.01    
1963 24 COL NL RF 120 106 968.3 195 1 6 1 .970 1.82   1.7
    1B 8 7 53.0 61 0 0 7 1.000 10.36   0.1
    LF 5 2 21.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 4.16    
1964 25 COL NL RF 50 19 248.3 61 0 1 0 .984 2.21   1.1
    1B 20 13 125.0 142 4 2 8 .986 10.51   0.2
    LF 17 4 63.7 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.26    
1965 26 COL NL LF 23 19 126.3 23 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.6
    RF 21 16 113.9 22 0 0 0 1.000 1.74   0.0
    1B 5 2 19.0 20 2 0 0 1.000 10.42   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 1 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  NYA AL LF 12 11 137.7 25 0 1 0 .962 1.63   0.7
    RF 12 9 124.1 24 0 0 0 1.000 1.74   0.0
    1B 2 1 20.7 22 3 0 0 1.000 10.87   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 0 0 1.6 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    SS 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   LF 35 30 264.0 48 0 1 0 .980 1.64   1.3
      RF 33 25 238.0 46 0 0 0 1.000 1.74   0.0
      1B 7 3 39.7 42 5 0 0 1.000 10.65   0.1
      CF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
      SS 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1966 27 NYA AL RF 62 37 379.7 59 0 2 0 .967 1.40   1.2
    1B 14 13 111.0 136 7 2 17 .986 11.59   0.3
    LF 13 9 83.0 16 0 0 0 1.000 1.73    
    CF 4 4 35.0 3 0 1 0 .750 0.77    
1967 28 NYA AL RF 24 17 183.7 29 0 0 0 1.000 1.42   0.7
    LF 17 11 103.3 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.22    
    1B 21 10 94.0 102 11 2 14 .983 10.82   0.2
    SS 2 0 6.0 0 3 0 2 1.000 4.50   0.0
1968 29 TAM AL 1B 57 50 558.6 690 57 10 66 .987 12.04   0.4
    RF 6 4 45.3 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.19   0.0
    LF 8 2 34.4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.05   0.0
    SS 1 1 5.7 1 3 0 1 1.000 6.32   0.0
  NYA AL 1B 52 46 317.4 392 33 6 38 .986 12.05   1.0
    RF 5 3 25.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.05   0.1
    LF 7 2 19.6 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.38   0.0
    SS 0 0 3.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.73   0.0
  TOT   1B 109 96 876.0 1082 90 16 104 .987 12.04   1.4
      RF 11 7 71.0 9 0 0 0 1.000 1.14   0.1
      LF 15 4 54.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.17   0.0
      SS 1 1 9.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 5.00   0.0
1969 30 NYA AL RF 72 69 612.3 121 2 2 1 .984 1.81   0.7
    1B 67 55 490.3 590 44 3 54 .995 11.64   1.5
    LF 14 7 79.0 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.48    
1970 31 NYA AL 1B 103 101 875.7 1106 97 13 103 .989 12.36   2.1
    LF 7 0 19.3 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.33   0.0
1971 32 NYA AL 1B 142 138 1202.7 1395 111 15 164 .990 11.27   2.7
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1972 33 NYA AL 1B 50 46 405.7 413 28 6 45 .987 9.78   0.4
    RF 4 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    LF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1973 34 NYA AL RF 17 6 77.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.75   0.5
    LF 11 6 58.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 2.33    
    1B 7 1 20.0 23 2 0 4 1.000 11.25   0.1
  1B 549 484 4299.0 5098 399 59 522 .989 11.51   9.0
  RF 440 323 3114.6 610 3 13 2 .979 1.77   6.1
  LF 228 159 1519.6 303 0 1 0 .997 1.79   3.0
  CF 5 4 38.0 3 0 1 0 .750 0.71   0.0
  SS 4 1 16.0 1 7 0 3 1.000 4.50   0.1
  3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1228 971 8990.3 6015 409 74 527 .989 6.43   18.1
Career Highs   153 138 1204.7 1396 111 16 164 1.000 12.15    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1964 25 COL NL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1966 27 NYA AL 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1967 28 NYA AL 9 37 3 6 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 7 .162 .225 .189 .414
Career Post-Season Batting 15 43 3 6 1 0 0 3 3 0 3 9 .140 .196 .163 .358
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Slugging Pct
1968-10-.471
 Games
1970-2-158
1972-4-157
 Doubles
1963-8-27
 Triples
1963-5-6
1969-3-7
1970-8-6
1971-1-8
 Stolen Bases
1962-6-6
 Caught Stealing
1963-7-8
1968-9-13
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  4. Ron Northey (928)
  5. Tony Horton (928)
  6. Andy Pafko (921)
  7. Jim Tabor (920)
  8. Ken Henderson (919)
  9. Stan Palys (918)
  10. Carlos May (918)
History
Drafted in 2nd round, 26th overall pick, by Detroit in 1958
Had first career hit (homerun) on 9/1/1959, off Robin Roberts (BOS)
Injured on 5/1/1960 with a Inflamed Groin Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Detroit to Cincinnati on 7/1/1960 (Going to CIN: P Mike Cuellar, 1B Johnny Callison, P Dick Ellsworth. Going to DET: RF Wally Moon, P Danny Mcdevitt)
Injured on 7/30/1960 with a Bruised Ankle, out for one week
Injured on 7/15/1962 with a Fractured Hand, out for 5 weeks
Drove in 6 runs against New York (N) on 4/20/1963
Injured on 6/9/1963 with a Bruised Ribs, out for one week
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,740,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Colorado to New York (A) on 7/31/1965 (Going to COL: CF Curt Flood. Going to NYA: RF Johnny Callison)
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,740,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,740,000 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/6/1968 to a 4-year deal worth $5,000,000 per year
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1968, hitting .476 with 3 HR, 4 RBI
Traded from Tampa Bay to New York (A) on 7/1/1968 (Going to NYA: SS Reno Bertoia, 1B Johnny Callison. Going to TAM: 2B Ernie Fazio, P Jack Meyer)
Was selected to the 1968 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 6/9/1969, hitting .379 with 1 HR, 8 RBI
Won Player of the Week award on 6/23/1971, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 4 RBI
7/1/1971: Signed a contract extension with New York (A), $3,380,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1972, hitting .481 with 2 HR, 7 RBI
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 3/2/1974 to a minor league contract
 
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